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A number of years ago the Museum of Science in Boston created a 
Community Solar System which also was in scale for size and distance. 
Planets were spread throughout Boston, Cambridge and Newton, MA.
Deb Sovinee was the designer and Mary Dussault was the content developer.

Lynn Baum
Senior Content Developer
Jan Crocker Museum Associates
www.jc-ma.biz

On 4/11/11 10:32 PM, Joe Ruggiero wrote:
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> Hey Jeff Buddy,
>
> This is a tricky subject - one scale or another always seems out of 
> scale.
>
> Anyway, I seem to remember Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff has some 
> kind of "Planet Walk" which I think uses the proper scale for both 
> distance and size. Check this out:
>
> http://www.lowell.edu/blog/?p=45
>
> Joe R
> www.TheExhibitGuys.com
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> On 4/11/2011 1:13 PM, Jeff Courtman wrote:
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>> Hi all: we've been asked to identify some vendors who are capable of
>> producing scaled models of the planets (and poor little pluto :( ) If
>> you have any suggestions, let me know! Or if you have any seen any great
>> installations... We are talking about a 'sun' with up to a 30' 
>> diamenter.
>>
>> I did look at the archives, but didn't find too much except one
>> reference from 2008...
>>
>> And yes: if we don't use a non-linear scale for size, we'll certainly
>> have to use one for distance!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeff C.
>> Museumscapes, LLC.
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